The Philippine Power System remained generally stable from January to June 2017 despite the natural and man-made calamities experienced during the period such as earthquakes in Batangas in Luzon and Leyte in Visayas and the Marawi siege in Mindanao; and events such as Malampaya Gas maintenance shutdown in Luzon, continued occurrences of forced outages of generation and transmission facilities which resulted to load dropping incidents in the three major grids. The strong coordination among all energy stakeholders to immediately respond to these challenges was key towards this end, coupled with the additional... Read more